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Geometry Difficulty 4.7 AIME Find the answer

6. In O\odot O, chord CDCD is perpendicular to diameter ABAB at point EE, chord DFDF bisects BCBC and intersects BCBC at point GG, chord AFAF intersects OCOC at point HH. Then the value of GHAB\frac{GH}{AB} is:

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Solution

6. B.

As shown in Figure 2, connect CFC F.
By the perpendicular diameter theorem, we have
A C = A D ,\text{A C = A D ,}

Thus, B=AFD\angle B=\angle A F D.
Since OC=OBO C=O B, we get
B=OCB \angle B=\angle O C B \text {. }

Therefore, AFD=OCB\angle A F D=\angle O C B.
Hence, C,H,G,FC, H, G, F are concyclic.
Thus, CGH=AFC=B\angle C G H=\angle A F C=\angle B.
Consequently, GHOBG H \parallel O B.
In OCB\triangle O C B, since CG=GBC G=G B, we have CH=HOC H=H O.
By the midline theorem of a triangle, we get
GH=12OB=14ABGHAB=14. G H=\frac{1}{2} O B=\frac{1}{4} A B \Rightarrow \frac{G H}{A B}=\frac{1}{4} .

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